As Russian forces move east, Ukraine digs in against losing Donbas
- raquelcamila999
- Apr 2, 2022
- 1 min read
As the chances fade that Russia will decapitate Ukraine’s government and seize the capital, concerns are growing that Moscow could seek to force Kyiv to give up part of its territory to end the five-week war and eke out some form of victory.
Ukrainian leaders warned of such a possibility this week, saying they will not accept any peace deal that requires ceding land.
But if the Kremlin succeeds in encircling and defeating Ukrainian forces in the eastern Donbas region, the country’s industrial heartland, keeping that territory could become Moscow’s principal demand in negotiations.
“I see the Russian troops regrouping, reorganizing. I think that they will try to surround the Ukrainian forces quite soon — in the Donbas region in particular,” Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on Thursday. “And then having captured one-third of the land in Ukraine, they will want to negotiate from this … very strong position.”
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